A Study On Bao Zhou And The Frontier Defense System Of The Southeast Liao Dynasty

In the early 10 centuries,Liao dynasty which was established by A-pao-chi who was a nobility of I-la tribe of the Khitay with the assistance under the Han people was a regime located in the north of ancient China.The most apparently character of Liao dynasty is both having the nomadism-state and the city-state under the influence of that character.The rule policy of Liao dynasty is that the Khitay tribe was governed by traditional nomadic rules and the Han people was governed by traditional agricultural civiliazation.That policy system was managed according to national customs.Over 200 years,the frontier defense system of Liao had been formed.The southeast frontier defense system that mainly faced on Korean is a significant part of Liao dynasty.QianHeng 4 years(982),the young Ye Lv Longxu inherited the throne with the help under his mother.At the beginning,the emperor exchanged conservative policies to offensive policies to Korean.Under those exchanges,Liao dynasty prepared to build the southeast frontier defense system.The BaoZhou which Lai Yuan city was its' predecessor is a core of the southeast frontier defense system that was set up durning TongHe 12 years(994)to TongHe 23 years(1005),where located in north of the YaLu River.In KaiTai 12 years,Bao Zhou was migrated from north shore to south shore of the YaLu River.The built of BaoZhou and migration into south shore of the YaLu River which was a signal which means Liao dynasty would changed policy to Korean also became a turning point in Liao-Korean relationship.According to some materials including History of Liao,BaoZhou is a commanding prefecture in administration.The chief of Bao Zhou is called commanding prefect who is in charge of including economy affair and militry affair and civil affair and some diplomacy affair,etc.The commanding prefect should inherited Tang dynasty and besides studied to Song dynasty.About the official rank of the commanding prefect between third rank to vice-third rank.The mainly selection of commanding prefecture was hereditay election,also had other ways to selection.The reason of established Bao Zhou was based on the policy of Liao dynasty for Korean.The BaoZhou also was served for which frontier defense system and the safe of frontier of Liao dynasty.The establishment of frontier defense borderline.As Liao SAN zong period was considerated a watershed in history of Liao,the situation of the southeast boundary can be divided into three period which was the period before Liao SAN zong and Liao SAN zong period and the period after Liao SAN zong.Durning ChongXi 5 years(1036)to ChongXi 10 years(1041),Liao dynasty set up Military Control Office of BaoZhou in southeast frontier.The chief of Military Control of Bao Zhou,at the same time,the chief also part time the Commanding Prefect of Baozhou.The domain of the Commissioner Military Control of BaoZhou inherited the Commanding Prefect of BaoZhou's.The official rank of the Commissioner Military Control of BaoZhou probably between second rank to vice-second rank.As the southeast frontier defense system which a series cities and the Military Control Office of BaoZhou had been built,it was a symbol that the southeast frontier defense system of Liao dynasty was formed finally when the frontiers institution near by the YaLu River had been replaced by station farm system.The focus between Liao-Korean on the Ya Lu River east of hundreds of miles what was granted by Liao SAN zong in the year of TongHe 11 years(993).This situation last to beginning of TianHui 9 years(1131)of Jin dynasty.This struggle for BaoZhou between Liao-Korean and Jin-Korean makes far-reaching consequences.